Over 700 million people around the world are illiterate, of which over 180 million are in Africa and over 40 million are in the Americas. This is almost 30 percent of the world’s population that does not have access to education and therefore has little chance to achieve sustainable economic, social and cultural development.
– In 1983, UNESCO presented Alfalit’s program in Peru with its First Prize in Adult Literacy. – In 1992, UNESCO gave special recognition to Alfalit’s programs in Guatemala. – In September 2006, USAID and UNESCO chose Alfalit’s program in Bolivia as one of the nine model programs worldwide, and First Lady Laura Bush invited Alfalit to the First White [...]
